plague vs rile

plague is a noun but rile is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plague	Yes	No	Yes	No
rile	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rile is a hypernym of plague; that is, rile is a word with a broader meaning than plague:

Other hypernyms of plague include annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex.

plague (noun)	rile (noun)
an annoyance
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
a swarm of insects that attack plants
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
any epidemic disease with a high death rate

plague (verb)	rile (verb)
annoy continually or chronically	make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
cause to suffer a blight	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations